2000 Hong Kong Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation	Hong Kong
Date	24–26 March 2000
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	Fiji
Plate
Winner	France
Runner-up	Croatia
Bowl
Winner	Ireland
Runner-up	China
Tournament details
Matches played	57
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The 2000 Hong Kong Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the inaugural World Sevens Series, the 1999–2000 season. It was the eighth leg of the series, held on 24–26 March 2000,^[1] at the Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong.

The tournament was the first edition of the Hong Kong Sevens within the World Sevens Series and contained 24 teams, an increase of eight from the other tournaments held in the Series. It was won by New Zealand who defeated Fiji 31–5 in the Cup final to win their fourth title of the Series.^[1]

Teams

The 24 participating teams were:^[1]

Format

With the increased number of teams competing, the teams were drawn into six pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The pool stage was played over the first two days of the tournament. The top team from each pool along with the two best runners-up advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The remaining four runners-up along with the four best third-placed teams advanced to the Plate quarter finals. The remaining eight teams went on to the Bowl quarter finals.^[4] No Shield trophy was on offer in the 1999-2000 season.

Pool stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinals
	Teams that advanced to the Plate quarterfinals
	Teams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	167	19	148	9
United States	3	2	1	64	66	−2	7
South Korea	3	1	2	73	64	9	5
China	3	0	3	14	169	−155	3

Source World Rugby Archived 2016-07-01 at the Wayback Machine

24 March 2000

Fiji	80–0	China

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	147	5	142	9
Italy	3	2	1	67	45	22	7
Japan	3	1	2	50	64	−14	5
Singapore	3	0	3	5	155	−150	3

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	106	10	96	9
Hong Kong	3	2	1	84	38	46	7
Scotland	3	1	2	69	71	−2	5
Thailand	3	0	3	19	159	−140	3

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
England	3	3	0	124	17	107	9
Samoa	3	2	1	81	30	51	7
Sri Lanka	3	1	2	27	105	−78	5
Arabian Gulf	3	0	3	22	102	−82	3

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	57	40	17	9
France	3	2	1	48	17	31	7
Croatia	3	1	2	66	43	23	5
Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	26	97	−71	3

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	101	12	89	9
Argentina	3	2	1	100	19	81	7
Ireland	3	1	2	36	65	−29	5
Malaysia	3	0	3	17	158	−141	3

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

26 March – Hong Kong Stadium

Ireland	12
		26 March – Hong Kong Stadium
Chinese Taipei	5
		Ireland	56
26 March – Hong Kong Stadium
		Thailand	0
Thailand	28
				26 March – Hong Kong Stadium
Malaysia	12
				Ireland	59
26 March – Hong Kong Stadium
				China	0
Arabian Gulf	45
		26 March – Hong Kong Stadium
Singapore	7
		Arabian Gulf	17
26 March – Hong Kong Stadium
		China	26
China	26

Sri Lanka	5

Pos.	Event Team	Dubai	Stellenbosch	Punta del Este	Mar del Plata	Wellington	Suva	Brisbane	Hong Kong	Points total
1	Fiji	16	20	16	20	20	16	20	24	152
2	New Zealand	20	16	20	16	16	20	12	30	150
3	Australia	8	8	8	12	12	12	16	18	94
4	Samoa	12	6	12	12	12	12	4	8	78
5	South Africa	12	12	12	4	6	6	0 ^a	8	60
6	Canada	4	4	6	6	8	4	4	8	44
7	Argentina	—	0	4	8	4	8	8	8	40
8	France	6	0	2	4	2	0	6	4	24
9	England	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18	18
10	Georgia	0	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	12
11	Tonga	4	2	—	—	4	0	2	—	12
12	Uruguay	—	0	4	0	0	4	0	—	8
13	Morocco	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
14	Papua New Guinea	—	—	—	—	0	2	0	—	2
	Scotland	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2
	Spain	—	—	0	2	—	—	—	—	2
17	United States	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Japan	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	0
19	Hong Kong	0	—	—	—	0	—	0	0	0
20	Cook Islands	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	0
20	Croatia	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	0	0
22	Brazil	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	0
	Chile	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	0
	China	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0
	Germany	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	0
	Kenya	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
	Paraguay	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	0
	Peru	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	0
	Zimbabwe	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
30	Arabian Gulf	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
	Chinese Taipei	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
	Ireland	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
	Italy	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
	Malaysia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
	Namibia	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
	South Korea	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
	Singapore	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
	Sri Lanka	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
	Thailand	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
	Vanuatu	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	0

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Women	1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2023

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Core teams	Australia Canada Fiji France New Zealand Samoa South Africa
Other teams	Arabian Gulf Argentina Brazil Chile China Chinese Taipei Cook Islands Croatia England Georgia Germany French Barbarians Hong Kong Ireland Italy Japan Kenya Malaysia Morocco Namibia Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Scotland Singapore South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Thailand Tonga United States Uruguay Vanuatu Zimbabwe
IRB World Sevens Series

Teams

Format

Pool stage

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Pool E

Pool F

Knockout stage

Bowl

Plate

Cup

Tournament placings

Series standings

References